Friday, April 18, 2008

CW TV Network Pulls Streaming of Show Gossip Girl Due to Heavy Usage

This could go down as the most bone-headed move from a TV network in 2008, or completely inconsequential: The CW network is pulling off its website the one show that is at least keeping it in the news. It said today that episodes of its series ”Gossip Girl” will not be streamed on CWTV.com when it returns this Monday with original episodes, through to this season’s end. The first 12 episodes of the season, which will remain on the site, were made available free to viewers about a week after their original airdate. The show’s audience is younger, which would naturally leans towards watching more video and shows online than other demos. The move is being done “as an experiment” to figure out if its online window is cannibalizing the TV audience. The shows is as popular online, and each episode is generating hundreds of thousands of streams, the story says...it is among the most downloaded TV shows on iTunes. The show’s audience is younger, which would naturally leans towards watching more video and shows online than other demos. The move is being done “as an experiment” to figure out if its online window is cannibalizing the TV audience. The shows is as popular online, and each episode is generating hundreds of thousands of streams, the story says...it is among the most downloaded TV shows on iTunes
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-gossip-girl-streams-pulled-off-cws-site-due-to-well-popularity-cannibal/

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